Is honey mustard vegan? Get the scoop on vegan honey mustard, and the best vegan honey mustard recipe! Use it as a vegan honey mustard sauce for “chicken” nuggets, or a vegan honey mustard dressing for salad. Aside from being whole food plant based, this vegan mustard sauce is also no oil, dairy free, and gluten free. You only need 2 ingredients and 1 minute for this easy recipe!
If you’re looking for a vegan honey mustard dipping sauce that’s fast and easy with delicious flavor, you need today’s recipe. Vegan honey mustard dip is a sweet and zippy kid favorite. It also happens to be oil free, fat free, low calorie, and egg free.
One of the reasons this DIY vegan honey mustard is quick is that we aren’t making the mustard from scratch. Instead of fussing around with a Colman’s mustard recipe, we’re simple sweetening up regular yellow mustard.
However, we’re not using TOO much sweetener. This plant based honey mustard dressing is much lower sugar than most other vegan honey mustard recipes out there. (Of course, you’re always welcome to add more sweetener if you’d prefer.)
Additionally, this honey mustard recipe (vegan) has no mayo or other added oils. This makes it a whole food plant based (wfpb) option for those that prefer to eat that way.
One of the nice things about this recipe is that you can easily customize it for whatever flavors you want. Make a tarragon mustard recipe, or add a little rosemary or thyme. A touch of apple cider is another great way to add flavor to mustard.
There are so many possibilities, you’re only really limited by your imagination!
Jump to:
- 🐝 Is honey mustard vegan friendly?
- 🍯 Does honey mustard have dairy?
- ⭐ Vegan Honey Mustard Brands
- 🍎 Vegan Honey Substitute
- 🔪 How to Make Vegan Honey Mustard
- 🔪 How to Make Vegan Honey Mustard Dressing
- 🌡️ Vegan Honey Mustard Storage
- 🥪 How to Use Vegan Honey Mustard
- 📋 Vegan Honey Mustard Nutrition Info
- 💭 Expert Tips from a Dietitian
- FAQs
- 👩🏻🍳 Other Vegan Dip and Sauce Recipes
- The Disclaimer…
- 📖 Recipe
- 💬 Comments
🐝 Is honey mustard vegan friendly?
Honey mustard is not normally vegan because honey is a product of bees. Unlike vegetarians, who often consume dairy and eggs, vegans eschew all animal-based foods (including foods made by animals). Since bees are an animal, honey is not a vegan food.
🍯 Does honey mustard have dairy?
Honey mustard does not normally contain dairy products. However, it’s important to check the ingredients on the label of the product you buy if you are on a dairy free diet. One of the nice things about homemade food is that it’s easier to avoid allergens.
⭐ Vegan Honey Mustard Brands
If you don’t want to make your own vegan honey mustard, there is vegan honey mustard to buy. Here are two of the most popular brands of vegan honey mustard in the U.S.:
🍎 Vegan Honey Substitute
What's a good vegan honey alternative? Here are some sweeteners that are commonly used in place of honey in vegan recipes:
- Agave nectar (agave syrup)
- Maple syrup
- Brown rice syrup
However, these sweeteners weren’t made to replicate the taste of honey. If you want that classic honey mustard flavor, consider using a vegan honey substitute. Here are two popular brands:
BlenditUp Bee Free Honey is made of apple nectar, sugar, and lemon juice. It is sweet a tastes a bit like apple butter. It’s what I chose to use in this recipe.
Bee Free Honee was another popular vegan honey brand made of apple nectar. Unfortunately, they went out of business. You may find the BlenditUp honey to be a good replacement.
The Single Origin Vegan Un-Honey is made of coconut nectar. I haven’t tried it, but it may also work well in this recipe.
🔪 How to Make Vegan Honey Mustard
This recipe could not be easier. Simply take 3 tablespoons of yellow mustard and 2 teaspoons of vegan honey, and whisk them together in a small bowl.
Take a little taste. If it’s not sweet enough for you, add one additional teaspoon of the vegan honey. That’s it!
Keep your vegan honey mustard in an airtight container in the fridge. If some separation occurs, just stir it back together before serving. This vegan honey mustard works well as a dip or sauce.
🔪 How to Make Vegan Honey Mustard Dressing
For vegan honey mustard salad dressing, you need the following:
- 1 tablespoon vegan honey mustard
- 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- Garlic powder, salt, and pepper (to taste)
Place the ingredients in a glass canning jar, put the lid on, and give it a good shake!
🌡️ Vegan Honey Mustard Storage
Keep vegan honey mustard in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to one week. You can also freeze this recipe, but you will need to stir it back together when thawed.
🥪 How to Use Vegan Honey Mustard
Wondering what to do with vegan honey mustard? You can use it as a vegan nugget sauce, pretzel dip, burger topper, or slather it on tofu sandwiches or wraps.
Another idea is to incorporate it into recipes. How does vegan honey mustard “chicken” sound? Or maybe add some to your roasted air fryer frozen vegetables. Yum!
📋 Vegan Honey Mustard Nutrition Info
How many calories in vegan honey mustard? Here is the nutrition information for one serving of this vegan honey mustard recipe:
- Calories: 10
- Total fat: 0g
- Saturated fat: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
- Sodium: 135mg
- Total carbohydrate: 2.7g
- Fiber: 0g
- Net carbs: 2.7g
- Protein: 0g
- Iron: 0% DV
- Calcium: 0% DV
💭 Expert Tips from a Dietitian
This is a level 1 recipe (may help support fat loss). My recipes with added sugar are generally placed in level 3. However, at only 10 calories per tablespoon, this vegan honey mustard is an easy fit for low calorie diets.
Yes, it’s true that regular yellow mustard is fewer calories with no added sugar. That said, I think two things are important here:
- You generally don’t need to have a “perfect” diet 100% of the time to lose weight. In fact, trying to be overly strict backfires for some people, leading to binges and getting way off track.
- If honey mustard is what will satisfy your craving, a “healthier” substitute may not cut it. You might find yourself seeking satisfaction in additional sweets later when you ignore the craving now.
Even if you aren’t vegan, the apple nectar is a fun sweetener to experiment with. I imagine it would be amazing in apple desserts like apple cake, pie, or strudel. You could also drizzle it on oatmeal or plain yogurt. You might want to pick some up, even if you don’t make this recipe!
FAQs
French’s honey mustard contains real honey, and thus, is not vegan.
If by “best” you mean the most tasty, you’ll need to test different brands and decide for yourself! Many vegans enjoy the Follow Your Heart honey mustard, so I would start there.
Yes, in general, regular plain ketchup and mustard are vegan. However, sometimes ketchup is sweetened with sugar that was passed through a bone char filter. If you are on a strict plant-based diet, this no sugar added ketchup is sweetened with veggies and tastes amazing.
The vegan diet eliminates all foods that were derived from animals. Honey is not vegan friendly because it is made by bees, and bees are an animal.
👩🏻🍳 Other Vegan Dip and Sauce Recipes
Looking for more vegan dips and sauces? Check these out:
- Vegan Chipotle Mayonnaise
- Sugar Free Teriyaki Sauce
- Cilantro Chimichurri Sauce
- 3 Ingredient Stir Fry Sauce
Also, don’t miss the entire collection of Vegan Recipes!
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The Disclaimer…
All recipes on this website may or may not be appropriate for you, depending on your medical needs and personal preferences. Consult with a registered dietitian or your physician if you need help determining the dietary pattern that may be best for you.
The nutrition information is an estimate provided as a courtesy. It will differ depending on the specific brands and ingredients that you use. Calorie information on food labels may be wildly inaccurate, so please don't sweat the numbers too much.
For more information on how the three recipe levels may help with a weight management goal, refer to my overnight oats no sugar post. Let's get cooking!
📖 Recipe
Vegan Honey Mustard Recipe (Salad Dressing and Dipping Sauce)
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons yellow mustard
- 2-3 teaspoons vegan honey
Instructions
- Whisk or stir the mustard and 2 teaspoons vegan honey together in a small bowl.
- Take a little taste. If it’s not sweet enough for you, add one additional teaspoon of the vegan honey. That’s it!
- Keep your vegan honey mustard in a covered container in the fridge. If some separation occurs, just stir it back together before serving. This vegan honey mustard works well as a dip or sauce.
- For vegan honey mustard dressing, follow the directions in the above article.
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Notes
- You generally don’t need to have a “perfect” diet 100% of the time to lose weight. In fact, trying to be overly strict backfires for some people, leading to binges and getting way off track.
- If honey mustard is what will satisfy your craving, a “healthier” substitute may not cut it. You might find yourself seeking satisfaction in additional sweets later when you ignore the craving now.
Nutrition
Terrified Amateur says
Mustard is the golden substance of life, Summer! All the more stunning an endorsement coming from someone who (thought he) disliked it until adulthood. Never considered before making my own...until now, that is.
What a choice for a write-up, and splendid inspiration. As you show, just a little tinkering, and some creativity, produces a range of benefits. Especially spectacular with raw vegetables. Want to get your daily allotment of fresh veggies, and then some? Want to come dangerously close to falling into a raw carrot coma? Just add the mustard you just showed us how to prepare.
Hey, we're not supposed to like vegetables so much. You tricked us, Summer!
Summer Yule says
Thank you! You know, I don't think I've ever tried using mustard as a dip for carrots. I'll have to try it soon, since I happen to have an abundance of both.
Someone pointed out to me that I could just flavor store-bought mustard however I'd like as an alternative to making it from scratch. Clearly I don't mind taking the more difficult road. Haha Actually, in terms of slow food, this was pretty low labor. I do recommend trying it if you like mustard and it seems that you do!